CPM - Central Park Media's last death knell !!

I had heard that CPM was in chapter 11, but I thought that they might spring back or perhaps be bought out by someone else ... but with this latest news, they are officially done as an anime company. Can't sell anime if ya don't have the licenses for any series. And just how many of the titles listed below have YOU ACTUALLY SEEN? (I actually own about 10 of their titles and have seen abut 10 more. Is this good or bad?)

ANN news about the last gasp of CPM

Central Park Media's Licenses Offered by Liquidator


The New York company MYC & Associates is liquidating the licenses of the bankrupt anime distributor Central Park Media (CPM). David Kittay, the trustee that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York assigned to handle CPM's assets, appointed MYC & Associates to handle the liquidation.

MYC & Associates has provided a list of CPM's former assets, including the partial listing of copyrights below. However, CPM did not retain permanent ownership of most of these titles, so many of these copyrights cover only the materials that CPM itself produced, such as subtitles, dubbing, and packaging. Darkside Blues, Grave of the Fireflies, M.D. Geist., and Now and Then, Here and There have already been acquired by A.D. Vision for DVD reissues.

* A-Ko the Versus
* Adventure Kid
* Agent Aika
* Akai Hayate
* Angel Sanctuary
* Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
* Area 88
* Ariel
* Ariel Deluxe
* Armored Trooper Votoms
* Art of Fighting
* Ayane's High Kick
* Battle Arena Toshinden
* Battle Skipper
* Big Wars
* Birdy the Mighty
* Black Jack
* La Blue Girl
* La Blue Girl Returns
* Blue Sonnet
* Botchan
* Crystal Triangle
* Cyber City Oedo 808
* Cybernetics Guardian
* Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God
* Dark Angel
* Darkside Blues
* Demon Beast Invasion
* Demon City Shinjuku
* Demon Warrior Koji
* Descendants of Darkness
* Detonator Orgun
* DNA²
* Dog Soldier: Shadows of the Past
* Dominion Tank Police
* Dream Hazard
* Explorer Woman Ray
* Fencer of Minerva
* Fobia
* Four Play
* Gall Force - Eternal Story
* Gall Force 2 - Destruction
* Gall Force 3 - Stardust War
* Gall Force: Earth Chapter
* Gall Force: New Era
* Garaga
* Garzey's Wing
* Genocyber
* Geobreeders
* Grappler Baki
* Grave of the Fireflies
* Hades Project Zeorymer
* Harlock Saga
* Harmagedon
* Here is Greenwood
* The Heroic Legend of Arslan
* The Humanoid
* Hyper Speed GranDoll
* Iczer 3
* Iria - Zeiram the Animation
* Judge
* Knights of Ramune
* Lady Blue
* Legend of Himiko
* Legend of Lemnear
* Love Lessons
* Lunatic Night
* Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronos
* Mama Mia!
* Mask of Zeguy
* Masquerade
* Maze
* M.D. Geist
* MD Geist II - Death Force
* Metal Fighter Miku
* Midnight Panther
* My My Mai
* Mystery of the Necronomicon
* Night on the Galactic Railroad
* Night Shift Nurses
* Nightmare Campus
* Nightwalker
* Now and Then, Here and There
* Odin - Starlight Mutiny
* Ogenki Clinic
* Patlabor The Mobile Police
* Patlabor The Mobile Police: The New Files
* Peacock King
* Photon: The Idiot Adventures
* Ping Pong Club Anime
* Private Psycho Lesson News
* Professor Pain Network
* Project A-Ko
* Project A-Ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group
* Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody
* Project A-Ko 4: Final
* Pure Love
* Record of Lodoss War
* Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
* Revolutionary Girl Utena
* RG Veda
* Rhea Gall Force
* Roots Search
* Roujin Z
* Rumik World: Fire Tripper
* Rumik World: Maris the Chojo
* Rumik World: Mermaid Forest
* Rumik World: The Laughing Target
* Shamanic Princess
* Silent Service
* Sins of the Sisters
* The Slayers
* Sohryuden - Legend of the Dragon Kings
* The Sound of Waves
* Spaceship Agga Ruter
* Sprite: Between Two Worlds
* Stepmother's Sin
* Strange Love
* Takegami - Guardian of Darkness
* They Were 11
* Tokyo Babylon
* TriAngle
* Twin Angels
* Ultimate Teacher
* Urotsukidoji
* Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend
* Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
* Venus 5
* The Venus Wars
* Virgin Fleet
* Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer
* Wanna-Be's
* A Wind Named Amnesia
* Yotoden
* Yu Yu Hakusho The Movie: Poltergeist Report

* Zenki

Edited on 06/09/2009 01:08 AM.

The only CPM title I have in my collection is Grave of the Fireflies, but ADV license rescued that one. And you got the terms of bankruptcy mixed up Jan-chan. CPM filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy where all the company assets get liquidated and their shares get sold to the highest bidder. CPM isn't allowed to come back and resume their business at any time under Chapter 7. That would be if the company filed Chapter 11, 12, or 13 bankruptcy.

Other than Grave, I only seen four other CPM titles: Now and Then Here and There, Revolutionary Girl Utena (TV series and movie), and Descendants of Darkness.

Edited on 06/09/2009 08:00 PM.

I think I have around 25 of these, but mostly on VHS tapes which I bought second hand to save money.

@Jan-Chan in 3499 wrote: And you got the terms of bankruptcy mixed up Jan-chan. CPM filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy where all the company assets get liquidated and their shares get sold to the highest bidder. CPM isn't allowed to come back and resume their business at any time under Chapter 7. That would be if the company filed Chapter 11, 12, or 13 bankruptcy.

If history serves me right, CPM was one of the first anime distributors here in the U.S. so older anime fans might be affected by their closure.

Edited on 06/09/2009 08:53 PM.

It seems the economy is hitting alot of people hard. But it just may be history repeating itself. I have watched a few of these. But I don't think it is all bad news. We just have to hang in there. Shojo Beat is also ending their issues because of economic reasons. Well something that doesn't cost anything is a hello and a smile and hey have a great day. Yours,

Violet D

It seems the economy is hitting alot of people hard. But it just may be history repeating itself. I have watched a few of these. But I don't think it is all bad news. We just have to hang in there. Shojo Beat is also ending their issues because of economic reasons. Well something that doesn't cost anything is a hello and a smile and hey have a great day. Yours,

Violet D

This is actually the first time I'm hearing this. It's pretty sad really. Next to Geneon, CPM was probably on my top 5 companies. I've seen a number of their titles (most of them owned by me) and some titles I still have yet to purchase, like the Nightwalker OVA which the Eternal Darkness DVD is now hard to find without busting my wallet. I just hope someone's willing to pickup the rest or at least some that has yet to be put on DVD. I wonder if that means (if given the opportunity) that fansubbers would take some of these titles and re-release them in a torrent or something since the licenses are not really owned by anyone as of late.